Eudonia pallida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Eudonia |
Species: | E. pallida |
Binomial name | |
Eudonia pallida (J.Curtis, 1827)[1] |
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Eudonia pallida is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from most of Europe
The wingspan is about 18 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in April to late September[3] in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on mosses and lichens at ground level. It has been reared from larvae found amongst the moss Calliergonella cuspidata.